Dan Myers wrote:
>
> Robert Lee Cobb Jr. wrote:
> >
> > Lately I've been hearing a light "ticking" sound coming out of the
> > engine bay and when I was home from college this last weekend my dad
> > and I got under the hood of the truck to find out what was wrong.
> > First we thought it could have been a collapsed lifter, but we
> > checked the rocker arms on both sides and everything was tight. So,
> > we got out something to put down against the engine to better locate
> > the sound (used a long screwdriver) and from what we can tell the
> > "ticking" is coming from or around the area of the #7 injector. It's
> > kinda loud and can be heard from inside the cab when the radio isn't
> > on. It doesn't get any louder when you rev the motor (so we kinda
> > doubt it would be the lifters). It happens in sequence with the
> > pulse of the #7 injector, though. Is the injector going bad? When
> > we disconnected the power from the #7 injector it kept on ticking,
> > though. We even unplugged #5 just in case it was coming from that
> > one and it still didn't stop it. I've thrown some injector cleaner
> > in the tank, but after my 200 mile trip back to school a little while
> > ago it's still ticking. Does anybody have any idea what's going on?
> > Maybe it's a time bomb or something. . . Hey Jules, do you have any
> > idea what might be going on with the thing?
> >
> > - Rob Cobb 93 V8 LE 2wd swb.
> Rob I get a ticking sound on my 92, its sparking in the distributer cap
> put your screw driver up to the cap to see. I put an aftermarket coil
> and I get a buzz from mine now. If thats your problem and you find how
> to fix it get back. DanHi Rob it could also be a injector thats getting loud.I had the same
problem on my 88 T bird no power lose or any thing just the ticking I
changed the one injector and its been quiet and fine for about 6000
miles since.You have to remember that an injector is just a solinoid
valve. I hope this helps you out Bruce
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